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| Wi fi moves to the country |
| Posted: melloe @ Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:34 pm |
Rural Schools To Benefit from USDA Broadband Grants
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wednesday revealed 126 new infrastructure projects designed to bring broadband connectivity to schools, homes, and businesses in rural areas and Native American lands. Combined, the projects represent $1.2 billion in federal stimulus spending, impacting 38 states, including tribal areas.
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| Oracle's true colors begin to show. |
| Posted: mmmna @ Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:35 am |
A while ago, I had heard that there was concern about Oracle acquiring Sun.
From what I understood at that time, the concern I heard was about intellectual property and how well would Oracle play their intellectual property in regards fair and equitable dealings for prospective competitors and the openness thereof. Now that word is out about Oracle suing Google regarding Java in the Android OS,...
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| Linux Gaming |
| Posted: melloe @ Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:19 am |
I was not too sure where to put this. But, Linux is actually a better platform in many respects than Windows as it stands now IMO, and the opinion of many Game writers.. The problem of course is the target is ( or at least was ) so small, most Game writers could not see a sufficient profit in games written for Linux. Wine VIA, and various emulators aside, Linux games are now available. Some pre...
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| Virtual human' Milo comes out to play |
| Posted: melloe @ Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:15 am |
'Virtual human' Milo comes out to play at TED in Oxford BBC Video
Microsoft has shown off its "virtual human" that reacts to a person's emotions, body movements and voice.
Milo, as he is known, is designed for use with the firm's hands-free Xbox 360 motion controller called Kinect.
The technology is the brainchild of veteran UK games designer Peter Molyneux.
"I want to ...
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| Cornelius and Vincent Join Different Games |
| Posted: melloe @ Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:10 pm |
Cornelius and Vincent Join Different Games (KDE.News)
[Announcements] Posted Jul 1, 2010 20:30 UTC (Thu) by jake
KDE.News has a joint interview with KDE e.V. President Cornelius Schumacher and GNOME Foundation President Vincent Untz. In it, they discuss Schumacher recently becoming a "Friend of GNOME" http://www.gnome.org/friends/ and Untz's reciprocal move to become a "KDE Sup...
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Dell says Ubuntu is safer than Windows |
| Posted: masinick @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:19 am |
See Network World for an interesting article and a link to a Dell site - their Ubuntu site, that really does assert that Ubuntu is safer than Windows. It's tucked in an isolated corner of the Dell site, but it IS there.
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| Will SCO EVER give it up??? |
| Posted: JP @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:29 pm |
SCO & Novell: Game, set and match
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah finally granted Novell's request for declaratory judgment and ruled against SCO's last frantic attempts to keep any of its claims going. Or, to quote Pamela Jones, editor of Groklaw and top expert on SCO's endless anti-Linux lawsuits: "The door has slammed shut on the SCO litigation machine.&q...
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| 'Brute force' script - iPad 'hack' |
| Posted: JP @ Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:11 pm |
'Brute force' script snatched iPad e-mail addresses
'No hack, no infiltration, no breach,' say security experts, just sloppy AT&T software
The harvesting of over 100,000 iPad 3G owners' e-mail addresses was not a hack or a classic data breach, but a brute-force attack of a minor feature AT&T offered to Apple customers, experts said Wednesday.
According to New York-based Praetorian...
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| Antitrust probe - iPhone ad ban |
| Posted: JP @ Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:06 pm |
Antitrust probe into Apple's iPhone ad ban likely, says expert
Strongest case yet for federal action, says former FTC special counsel
Apple will probably face a federal investigation into its decision to bar rival Google from iPhone's mobile advertising market, an antitrust expert said today.
According to reports, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are p...
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| Apple launches Safari 5, patches record 48 bugs |
| Posted: JP @ Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:02 pm |
Apple launches Safari 5, patches record 48 bugs
Fixes flaw in browser that hacker team exploited at Pwn2Own to win $15,000
Apple on Monday shipped the latest version of its Safari browser, patching a record 48 vulnerabilities, including one that a pair of hackers exploited in March to win a $15,000 prize.
The new browser debuted the same day as Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 at its annual Wo...
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| HP makes major Linux buy |
| Posted: stonecarver @ Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:57 pm |
HP to have fast booting Linux PC's soon. 
Computing giant HP has agreed to purchase a Linux operating system from software developer Phoenix Technologies.
Phoenix said that it would be handing over its HyperSpace platform to HP for $12m. The package will include the HyperSpace quick-boot operating system as well as virtualisation tools for the OS.
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| US Coast Guard calls for high-tech help in BP oil disaster |
| Posted: stonecarver @ Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:48 pm |
| Quote: | | The US Coast Guard has issued a call for better specialized technology to help it better respond to the ever-widening BP Deepwater oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Report: Palin e-mail snooping jury deadlocked |
| Posted: JP @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:48 am |
Report: Palin e-mail snooping jury deadlocked
Knoxville jury has reached verdict on three counts, stymied by identity theft charge
The federal jury deliberating the fate of the man who allegedly accessed former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account in 2008 is deadlocked on one of the four charges, according to a Knoxville newspaper.
Federal prosecutors have charged former University of...
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